Web pages display briefly, then are blocked

I have made no updates to any of them for several weeks, but there has been at least one automatic XP update.

For many months/years of using ZAPro and several months of using ZAI Security Suite and following web links successfully, this problem started about 2 weeks ago: When clicking on some links in (for example only, not necessarily a complete list) Google Alerts, e-mail, or ZDNet notifications, the web page displays for a fraction of a second, then something closes the page.

Granted I'm very cautious about tinkering with any of ZA's settings, but in checking them and in checking ZA 'Help' I have not found any clues about whether ZA is causing the problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated: What to look for, what to look at, what settings to experiment with.

Re: Web pages display briefly, then are blocked

Strange My setup (see my sig) is similar to yours and I have not seen that problem.

What browser and version are you running?

I am not familiar with Spyware Doctor so I don't know if there may be a possible conflict or not. Is it an on-demand type scanner or does it load a driver at startup like ZASS does? You may want to try turning off or temporarily uninstalling Spyware Doctor just as a test.

Did you install the ZA Toolbar (ForceField) when you installed ZASS? I installed in on my laptop but not on my desktop.